Measuring apparatus for gasolene or other oils.



'No. 870,154- I PATENTED NOV.'5, 1 907..

4 J. -F. BARKER MEASURING APPARATUS EURGASOLENE OR OTHER OILS.

Arrmouion 1 1mm mm: 16.1906.

JOHN F. BARKER, or SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

MEASURING AZPPARATUS GASOLENE OR OTHER OILQ I Specification of Letters Patent.

Pa.tented Nov'. 5, 1907.-

Application fled June 16. 1906. Serial No. 321.949.

'1'0 all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. BARKER, a citizen oftbe United States of America, residing at Springfield,

' in the county of Hampdcn and State of Massachusetts,

have invented new and useful Improvements in Measuring Jlpparatus for (iasolene or other Oils, of which is preferably located above the ground line, and drawn oil in small quantities as required. The temporary storing tank is provided with a ga e forshowing the number of gallons of the liquid in the tank and also determining the amount that is drawn off. This tem porary tank is also provided with means for allowing the air, which is piaccd under pressure asthe same is filled, to escape, and also to avoid a vacuum in the same as the oil in the tank is withdrawn.

in the drawings forming a part of this application;- Figure l is a side elevation of my improved storage tank buried in the earth and the dispensing apparatus as installed in a building. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same.

Referring to these drawings, a designates a tank or reservoir oi large dimensions for holding gasolene or other inflammable material in large quantities, and buried in the earth.

b designates a filling pipe for the storage tank a projecting abo ve the surface of the earth and provided with a suitable closing cap (1; c designates a suction pipe leading from near the bottom of the stonigc tank. In this pipe is connected a suitable suction and forcing hand pump (1, although a power pump of any approved pattern may be used. Leading from the pump d is a pipe c connected to the bottom of the temporary storing tankfat the point Located in this pipe e, be

tween the tank f and the pump (1 is an ordinary checkvalve h allowing the liquid to be forced from the pump to the tank f but preventing the liquid from running backward into the pump.

Communicating with the interior of Life tankf is a short pip'e'h to which is attached a blow-off valve 2' for the purpose of allowing the air in the upper part of the tank f that is placed under compression as the tank is tilled, to escape. Connected with this short pipe h is a coupling piece 7', on the end of which is supported a vacuum valve In for permitting the external air to enter the tank f as the gasolene is withdrawn, thus avoiding ayacuum in the upperpart of the tank when the liquid is drawn off. It is understood that the vacuum valve his so arranged as to open inward, while 'the-blow-off valve 11 is constructed to open outward.

mand 12. indicate short pipe fittings connected to the top and bottom of the tank respectively for. supporting the glass gage o for indicating the level of .the liquid in.thc tank. The fittings m and n are each provided with a manually operated ,valve to prevent eitherthe admission'of oil to the gage 0 or the discharge of oil therefrom, as may be desired. Mounted on the tank f, immediately back of the glass gage o, is a scale 0 carrying numbers for indicating the capacity of the tank in gallons at the various levels of the liquid.-

p designates a draw-off pipe connected to the bottom of the tank f and in whichis placed a shut-off valve q. To the outer end of the pipe p is attached a short piece of hose 1'. Immediately below the hose 1' is a drip-pan s on which a can' or other receptacle 1' is placed while being filled. This drip-pa'h'is permanently connected by a return-pipe t back to the main supply-tank a. Between the drip-pan and the tank a is placed a fire arrester device "I for preventing fire from gaining access 'to the tank a in case-the building in which the temporary storing tank is placed, is burned.

in using mymeasuring apparatus, the operator places the can or other receptacle 1 beneath the hose 1'. The level of the liquid in the tank f is noted, and when the required amount is withdrawn, (as determined by the scale 0) the valve (1 is closed.

What I claim, is:

A liquid dispensing apparatus:compris permanent storage tank provided with inlets and an outlet. a term porary tank having :1 valved outlet, :1 pipe permanently fitted in the outlet of the permanent tank and having unrestricted communicntion with the temporary tank directiythrough the lmt'tom of the lntter,'a pump arranged in the line of said pipe intermediate the ends of the latter, a drip pan cooperating with the valved outlet, a pipe be: tween the drip pan and one of the aforesaid inlets to re turn oil from the pun to the p -rnmncnt storage tanli independently of the first mentioned pipe and said out let of the permanent storage tank, and n gage tube arranged adjacent the tennmrary tank for cooperation with i re latter.

JOHN F. BARKER. I

Witnesses H. \V. Bowen, K. I. Cushions. 

